Which forehead reduction procedure is best for a female who desires an oval face shape? FUE or SHA w/ rounding grafts

The FUE Hair Transplant is more recommended for Lowering and re-shaping the hair line. For your case 1500-2000 grafts is estimated.

The goal of a hair transplant is to provide fuller coverage while preserving a natural appearance. An assessment takes into account such factors as the apparent thickness and curl of your donor hairs, the color contrast between your scalp and hair, your hair loss pattern, your age, and many other factors. The state of the art technique is FUE (follicular unit extraction), performed with a hybrid blunt punch that minimizes graft transection while allowing for the use of the smallest possible punches to minimize donor site scarring while maximizing regrowth.
In your situation, the answer to your question depends on the type of look you are going for. You can fill in just the temples with FUE or lower the hairline while filling in the temples with FUE or a surgical hairline advancement to lower the central hairline and several months after you can fill in the temples with FUE.
Gary Linkov, MD
Hair Specialist
Manhattan

Forehead reduction and Hairline Lowering with the Irregular Trichophytic procedure. This will give you what you want immediately-no waiting for the hair to grow and unlike transplants will NOT have any texture change! Hair grows thru the incision and there is no visible scar!

Using a hair transplant lowering surgery, see below how nicely the rounded hairline can be obtained with hair transplants.